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PHYSOCARPUS NINEBARK

Sang-Hun Oh


Shrub, generally ± stellate-hairy.
Leaf: petioled, stipuled, deciduous, ovate to ± round, generally palmately 3–7-lobed, crenate to serrate.
Inflorescence: umbel-like cluster, bracted; pedicel bractlets generally 0.
Flower: hypanthium bell-shaped, bractlets 0; sepals persistent; petals rounded, white or pale pink; stamens 20–40, exserted; pistils 1–5, fused at base (if 3–5, fused below middle), ovary superior, style thread-like, stigma head-like.
Fruit: follicles, inflated or ± flat, dehiscent along both sutures.
Seed: 1–4, ovoid; coat hard, shiny.
± 6 species: North America, Asia. (Greek: bladdery fruit)

Key to Physocarpus

1. Lf blade of flower branches 5–20 mm, petiole 3–10 mm; pistil generally 1; fruit ± flat laterally, ± = hypanthium; W&I, n DMtns ..... P. alternans

1' Lf blade of flower branches 22–85 mm, petiole 7–30 mm; pistils 3–5, fused at base; fruit inflated, >> hypanthium; CA-FP (except GV) ..... P. capitatus

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